Welcome to the Verne Collection
The Verne Collection of Japanese prints and paintings was established in 1953 when my parents lived in Japan for two years. In the beginning we specialized in ukiyo-e (floating world prints). The collection included artists such as Utamaro, Hiroshige, Hokusai, Kunisada, Yoshitoshi and other important Japanese printmakers from the 18th and 19th century. With the help of contemporary Japanese print experts like Oliver Statler, Frances Blakemore, Yuji Abe and Norman Tolman, the collection grew to include sosaku hanga and contemporary Japanese prints. Artists such as Koshiro Onchi, Shiko Munakata, Kiyoshi Saito, Umetaro Azechi, Ryohei Tanaka, Katsunori Hamanishi, Toko Shinoda and many others were added from the 1960's to the present. The shin hanga artists like Hasui, Shinsui, Kotondo, Goyo, and Hiroshi Yoshida would b... > Keep Reading
Stewart, Joel
View our recent acquisitions by Joel Stewart here
Joel Stewart was born in Danville, California. At the age of twenty six he traveled to Kobe, Japan, eventually moving to Kyoto where his artist friends Daniel ...
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Cleveland, OH
Verne Gallery 60th Anniversary Show - Sarah Brayer
Opening Reception: July 26, 2013
The Verne Gallery celebrates its 60th year anniversary with works by Sarah Brayer. Come celebrate with us in our gallery this July.
July 26th
Sarah Brayer: Creating luminescent beauty with paper
Sarah Brayer is an American artist based in Japan, internationally known for her large-scale washi paperworks and aquatint prints. Her artw...
Japan artist Sarah Brayer making LUMINOSITY: Night Paperworks
The artworks in Sarah Brayer's latest series, LUMINOSITY: Night Paperworks look one way by day, and another completely different way by nig...